Where did Dan Shechtman make his notable discovery?
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C.
Ames National Laboratory
Iowa State University
Answer
Dan Shechtman discovered quasicrystals while working at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C. in the late 1970s. He was studying aluminum alloys when he noticed a pattern that did not fit the accepted models of crystallography. This discovery was initially met with skepticism from the scientific community, but it eventually led to the development of a new field of materials science.
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